Thursday, 23 October 2014

Rising above the risk: America's first tsunami refuge

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Rising above the risk: America's first tsunami refuge
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 23, 2014 - Washington's coast is so close to the seismically active Cascadia Subduction Zone that if a megathrust earthquake were to occur, a tsunami would hit the Washington shoreline in just 25 minutes. One coastal community is preparing for such a disaster by starting construction on the nation's first tsunami evacuation refuge, large enough to shelter more than 1,000 people who are within 20-minu ... more


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